1846 in France

Decades:	1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s; 1860s;
See also:	Other events of 1846; History of France • Timeline • Years

Events from the year 1846 in France.

Incumbents

9 January – Barentin Viaduct on the Paris–Le Havre railway collapses soon after its completion by English engineers.^[1]
1 August – Legislative election held for the seventh legislature of the July Monarchy.
19 September – Our Lady of La Salette apparition.
Dubonnet first sold.

1 January - Léon Denis, spiritist philosopher and researcher (died 1927)
4 April - Comte de Lautréamont, poet (died 1870)
8 May - Émile Gallé, artist (died 1904)
21 May - Luc-Olivier Merson, painter and illustrator (died 1920)
11 July - Léon Bloy, novelist, essayist, pamphleteer and poet (died 1917)
8 August - Élisabeth Renaud, teacher, socialist activist, and feminist (died 1932)
21 August - Étienne Bazeries, military cryptanalyst (died 1931)
2 September - Paul Déroulède, author and politician (died 1914)
24 October - Denis Jean Achille Luchaire, historian (died 1908)
28 October - Albert Dubois-Pillet, painter and army officer (died 1890)
28 October - Auguste Escoffier, chef, restaurateur and culinary writer (died 1935)
30 October - Victor, 5th duc de Broglie, aristocrat (died 1906)

^ Walker, Charles (1969). Thomas Brassey, Railway Builder. London: Muller. pp. 48–9. ISBN 0-584-10305-0.